. >> reporter: after weeks of his aides saying there would be no monday morning quarterbacking of the botched rollout, president obama seemed to go further in an msnbc interview, blaming government bureaucracy. >> the challenge, i think, that we have going forward is not so much my personal management style or particular issues around the white house organization. it actually has to do what i referred to earlier, which is we have these big agencies. some of which are outdated. some of which are not designed properly. >> reporter: the president did note there needed to be better controls in place on healthcare.gov. >> my question is, is he passing the buck? >> oh, no, no, no. the president believes very strongly we ought to be functioning effectively at all levels of the government on behalf of the taxpayers. >> reporter: republicaned released more e-mails charging the administration knew as early as august the exchange for small businesses would have to be delayed. but did not reveal a problem until late september. fred upton declaring -- >> reporter: administration officials note the